India: The global outsourcing hub

As world economies become more and moreHaving serviced such global giants, Indian outsourcing
interdependent, the way business is being done acrossvendors have today developed competencies to scale
the globe over the past few years has undergone seaoperations or to deliver on clients’ requirement in a
change. With the world getting connected into aprofessional manner. The highly skilled workforce aided
networked highway, more and more businessby technological excellence makes sure that the
processes are getting outsourced to destinationscustomers are benefited by not only by unmatched
outside the national domains of the companies.service but also by other value added services. India
Outsourcing has emerged as option for businessboosts of the largest English speaking population in the
models across the world as it is being directlyworld after the US. This proves to be an added
associated it with productivity and growth. And Indiaadvantage for the vendors deciding to outsource to
has inadvertently established itself in the numero unoIndia.
position as being the most preferred destination forFriendly government policies ensure that outsourcing
getting all the outsourced assignments done. Accordinghas today matured into an industry that provides
to a recent estimate, India controls 44 percent of theunmatched value proposition to multi nationals
global offshore outsourcing market of software andcompanies.
back-office services and as many as 400 of theSoftware Technology Parks offering world-class
Fortune 500 companies either have their own centersinfrastructure and various incentives and concessions
in India or are currently outsourcing work to Indianto encourage foreign investment and promote
technology companies.software development in India eg 100% foreign equity
So the question arises as to what makes India such ais permitted.
hot destination for outsourcing? And the mostApart from this, a stable democracy that is thriving
immediate answer that flashes across the mind is theunhindered for the last sixty years, a buoyant
rich pool of skilled personnel that are available in theeconomy with impressive GDP rate of 9.2%, excellent
country. On the strength of such a vast resource ofstate of art technologies ,rapidly improving
professionals, India can afford to reduce the cost ofinfrastructure and above all its growing acceptance as
effective services like bookkeeping by at least 40%a quality service provider make it doubly lucrative as
and still maintain its stand on quality. Just a glance atan outsourcing destination.
the list of companies that manage their back officeCompanies today across the world have started
operations from India proves the point. British Airwaysrealizing that Outsourcing is today no longer an option
and Lufthansa that do their ticket reservation, GE andfor them but is a tool that is inherent to its survival
HSBC managing their accounting, Microsoft and Dellstrategy in the market. And as off shoring assignments
their research work and Standard Chartered its entireare moving up the value chain, talent rich country like
back office work for its global business.India provides the hope to the world.